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=== Assistant: If your sawmill isn’t producing anything in Cities: Skylines Remastered, it’s almost always because one link in the for… ===
If your sawmill isn’t producing anything in Cities: Skylines Remastered, it’s almost always because one link in the forestry supply chain is broken. Here’s a clear, step-by-step checklist to find the problem fast.

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==== - The sawmill cannot create goods on its own. ====
* You must have: - Tree Plantation or - Small Tree Plantation
* These must be inside a Forestry Industry Area (Industries DLC).

Fix:
Add at least one plantation, wait for it to level up, and ensure it’s actually harvesting.

==== - If the sawmill is placed outside the painted forestry district, it will show 0 production. ====

Fix:
Repaint the Forestry Industry Area so the sawmill is fully inside it.

==== - Sawmills need logs delivered by trucks. ====
* If there’s no: - Log Yard, or - Clear road access …then production stops.

Fix (recommended setup):
* 1–2 Log Yards set to Balanced
* Direct road connection between: - Plantation → Log Yard → Sawmill

==== Even if traffic is “green,” this can still break production: ====
* One-way roads facing the wrong direction
* Too many intersections
* Long truck routes

Fix:
* Use short, direct industrial roads
* Avoid bus lanes or policies that restrict trucks
* Keep forestry roads separate from city traffic

==== - Sawmills need educated workers ====
* Even with the Hadron Collider, they still need access to workers

Fix:
* Zone residential closer
* Add bus/metro stops nearby
* Check the building info panel for worker shortage icons

==== Commonly missed: ====
* Building accidentally paused
* Budget slider too low
* Importing logs instead of producing locally (inefficient)

Fix:
* Turn the building on
* Set Forestry budget to 100%
* Ensure plantations are active

==== <syntaxhighlight>2 Tree Plantations ====
↓
1 Log Yard (Balanced)
↓
2–3 Sawmills
↓
Warehouse (Planed Timber)

</syntaxhighlight>

===== - Forestry level =====
* Whether the sawmill says “Not enough raw materials”
* Your traffic %
* If you’re aiming for 1M+ population

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